Daniel Cook
@profdanielcook.bsky.social
Professor of English, University of Dundee & General Editor of The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley (Oxford University Press) (https://linktr.ee/profdanielcook)
Mary Shelley's Dundee (www.maryshelley.co.uk) histories, biographies, an interactive map, the "Dundee Edition" of Frankenstein, comics, annual writing prizes, resources and more (with teaching guides and materials, and SO MUCH more, to come) - FREE
“It is his vegetable ambition never to stir” (Margaret Anne Doody on Mr Bennet) #happyfathersday #prideandprejudice
The Dundee Review is a twenty-first-century literary magazine for original gothic, terror, horror and fantasy fiction. Submit your stories now! We pay, and we have prizes. dundeereview.com
You can read “Wandering Willie’s Tale”, along with two other short stories by Walter Scott – “My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror” & “The Two Drovers” – in our free ebook AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME, introduced by @profdanielcook.bsky.social 💙📚 #C19 asls.org.uk/publications...
As It Was Told to Me
Introduction by Daniel Cook By: Association for Scottish Literature, 2021 Published in: PDF, ePUB and Mobi Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is chiefly remembered as one of the great historical novelists…
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New from Penguin Classics on 13 October: Mary Shelley’s Gothic Tales, edited and introduced by Daniel Cook (paperback, Ebook and audiobook): www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788598... Audible: www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GM5TSRR...
Gothic Tales by Mary Shelley: 9780143139041 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Ten of Mary Shelley’s best short stories that push the boundaries of Gothic literature Mary Shelley is most known for Frankenstein, but in the years following the release of her magnum opus, which...
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“O, wert thou in the cauld blast On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I’d shelter thee, I’d shelter thee.” #BurnsNight
Coming soon: MARY SHELLEY'S DUNDEE (art by Katy Stone)
I’m looking forward to delivering the plenary lecture at this multidisciplinary conference, which marks the tercentenary of the first publication of the world’s greatest prose satire, in 2026: www.fabula.org/actualites/1...
Gulliver’s Travels at 300. The Global Afterlives of a Bestseller in Print, Transmedial Adaptations, and Material Cultures (Seventh ILLUSTR4TIO International Symposium, London)
Plenary Lecture: Professor Daniel Cook (University of Dundee) Artist’s Talk: Martin Rowson (in conversation with Brigitte Friant-Kessler) Venue: St. Bride Library (London, U.K.) Dates: 23–25 September...
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Meanwhile, on Zoopla: one of Sir Walter Scott’s former properties is on the market… www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...
Frankenstein: Crafting a Tale Eternal, a tie-in exhibition to celebrate the new Netflix Frankenstein, opens to the public on 17 October at The Old Selfridges Hotel in London. Love this!
Read Scott’s “The Two Drovers” in this free ebook, AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME: Three Short Stories by Sir Walter Scott, introduced by @profdanielcook.bsky.social – featuring 🪞 My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror 🐮🗡️ The Two Drovers 🐒🔥😈 Wandering Willie’s Tale 💙📚 3/3 asls.org.uk/publications...
As It Was Told to Me
Introduction by Daniel Cook By: Association for Scottish Literature, 2021 Published in: PDF, ePUB and Mobi Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is chiefly remembered as one of the great historical novelists…
asls.org.uk
You can read “Wandering Willie’s Tale”, along with two other short stories by Walter Scott – “My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror” & “The Two Drovers” – in our free ebook AS IT WAS TOLD TO ME, introduced by @profdanielcook.bsky.social 💙📚 asls.org.uk/publications...
As It Was Told to Me
Introduction by Daniel Cook By: Association for Scottish Literature, 2021 Published in: PDF, ePUB and Mobi Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) is chiefly remembered as one of the great historical novelists…
asls.org.uk
THE GULLIVER TRILOGY #1 Gulliver’s Travels (The Norton Library) #2 The Cambridge Companion to Gulliver’s Travels #3 Gulliver’s Afterlives (Bloomsbury)
“…my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee…” @profdanielcook.bsky.social examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers Shelley’s position in the Scottish Gothic tradition #FrankensteinDay #Frankenstein www.nls.uk/papercut/mar...
Mary Shelley and the Scottish Gothic Tradition | National Library of Scotland
Explore the profound impact of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' on literature and culture.
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“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Orwell's Animal Farm was first published #otd 80 years ago
“And what I write I cast upon the stream, / To swim or sink - I have had at least my dream.” - Byron, ‘Don Juan’ (Canto XIV)
“We are all subjected to two distinct natures in the same person. I myself have suffered grievously in that way.” Hogg’s Scottish Gothic masterpiece was first published #otd in 1824:
